The short story "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant follows Mathilde Loisel, who lives in a small flat in Paris with her husband who works as a clerk. When Mathilde is invited to a ball, she borrows a diamond necklace from her wealthy friend Madame Forestier to wear, but loses the necklace. For the next 10 years, Mathilde and her husband work to replace the lost necklace to repay Madame Forestier, not knowing the original was a fake.